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Review Summary
Samantha Penrose is a sorority sister in the Gamma Eta Pi mansion. Her Gamma sister and friend named Eve has committed suicide. Her other Gamma sister and friend named Merilynn has just disappeared. Samantha knows the legend of the girl who drowned and now haunts the city at the bottom of the lake near the mansion. This ghost has come to her to help her find the secret of the beautiful head of the Sorority, Malory. Samantha's grandmother passed on her ability to call upon the magic arts of witchcraft and Samantha uses that ability to find out the truth about her friends and Malory's unchanging beauty.
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Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%




Tone of book - sensitive (sigh....)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - a powerful magician
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can cast many different spells - can read emotions
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status: - student
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - can change shapes - can talk to animals - can cast all sorts of spells - can read emotions - is very quick
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Terrain - Water - Forests
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - descript of touching personal anatomy - lesbians!
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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